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| [[Image:Nullray-normal.jpg|right|200px|thumb|Pew pew pew.]] | | #REDIRECT [[Null-ray]] |
| :''The null-ray is a weapon from the [[Generation 1]] [[continuity family]]''
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| One of the signature weapons of [[Starscream (G1)|Starscream]] and the [[Seeker]]s, the '''null-ray''' is capable of stopping any electrical device with one shot, be it human or [[Transformer]].
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| Except [[Megatron (G1)|Megatron]]. All a blast from the null-ray does is make him angry. It doesn't work on the [[Dinobot (G1)|Dinobots]] either, but they were already pissed at Screamer and the jets.
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| ==Fiction==
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| ===Generation 1 cartoon===
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| After causing a tidal wave at [[Sherman Dam]], Megatron ordered Starscream to shoot three of the generators with blasts from the null-ray as part of their efforts to make [[energon cube]]s. Why they would need the generators to stop working is beyond our understanding, but Megatron's schemes always have layers within them, and are far too complex for [[Human|simple flesh creatures]] to understand. {{storylink|More than Meets the Eye, Part 2}}
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| After being discovered by [[Bumblebee (G1)|Bumblebee]], Starscream shot him with the null-ray, allowing the [[Decepticon|Decepticons]] to modify his [[Circuits|memory circuits]] to lead the [[Autobot]]s into a trap. {{storylink|Transport to Oblivion}}
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| Later, when Megatron had the [[power chip rectifier]]s of the Decepticons installed in him before his battle with [[Optimus Prime (G1)|Optimus Prime]], Starscream lamented that he could no longer use the null-ray or his cluster bombs. A threat of termination from Megatron shut him up. {{storylink|Heavy Metal War}}
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| [[Image:Nullray-jet.jpg|left|180px|thumb|Starscream suffering from a runny nose.]]
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| Determined not to be replaced by the human-built [[Nightbird]], Starscream used his null-ray to fritz her circuits. Naturally, Megatron wasn't too happy about the loss of his new female "companion" and immediately labeled Starscream a traitor. Again. {{storylink|Enter the Nightbird}}
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| When Starscream partnered up with the (more than usually) paranoid [[Red Alert (G1)|Red Alert]], Starscream fired his null-ray at Red Alert, causing his unstable [[Circuits|logic circuits]] to stabilize. {{storylink|Auto Berserk}}
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| [[Image:Nullray-finger.jpg|right|200px|thumb|"I am GOD!"]]
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| Later, Starscream was shown firing the null-ray from his nose while in [[Alternate mode|vehicle mode]]. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 1}}. Later still, he was shown firing it through his finger. {{storylink|Megatron's Master Plan, Part 2}}
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| Starscream last used his null-ray at his own coronation as leader of the Decepticons. During the coronation, the [[Constructicon (G1)|Constructicons]] played trumpets, but Starscream, eager to get on with the ceremony, used the null-ray to slice the instruments in half. {{storylink|The Transformers: The Movie (1986)|The Transformers Movie}}
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| In 2005, [[Marissa Faireborn]] had a hand-held blaster which fired null-rays. Whether this was reverse engineered from a captured Seeker, developed with the help of the Autobots, or was acquired by some sort of convoluted plan of Starscream's to replace Megatron, is unknown. {{storylink|Five Faces of Darkness, Part 4|FFOD4}}
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| ===Transformers Armada===
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| When [[Starscream (Armada)|''Armada'' Starscream]] finally got his [[Mini-Con]] partner, [[Swindle (Armada)|Swindle]], he gained a new attack called the "Null Laser Cannon". It didn't disable electrical stuff, but created a big explosion instead.
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| ====Transformers Armada PS2 game====
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| In this incarnation it slices mountains in half instead of its usual effect.
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| It most likely does the same to Autobots, but Starscream was bashed offline by [[Optimus Prime (Armada)|Optimus Prime]] before he could test that theory.
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| === Transformers Animated===
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| [[Starscream (Animated)| The newest Starscream]] also packs null-rays as his main weapon, but these also just work like a very powerful blaster. Their destructive effect on Earth-made buildings is impressive, if not as intense as ''Armada'' Starscream's, and a sustained blast of around 12 seconds was enough to render all five Earth-bound Autobots unconscious—for a few seconds. Hmm. Then later a direct blast fully disabled ''[[Ultra Magnus (Animated)|Ultra Magnus]]'' for several minutes (well, to be fair, Magnus took a point-blank shot right in the kisser). {{storylink|Mission Accomplished}}
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| ==Trivia==
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| *Clearly, Starscream never bothered to patent the null-ray. Bad enough a [[G.I.Joe]] [[Flint|agent's]] daughter used them, but so did [[Whirl (G1)|G1 Whirl]].
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| *Due to the [[Armada (cartoon)|Armada]] cartoon's frequent translation and dubbing errors, [[Starscream (Armada)|Starscream]]'s "Null Laser Cannon" was randomly referred to as the "''Narrow'' Laser Cannon" (despite the visually obvious fact that the laser blast was anything ''but'' narrow).
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| [[Category:Weapons]]
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